Mary Is Still Crying

mary, one of the 20-somethings on Age Of Love, is a cute girl and she seems sweet, but she cries all the damn time. when she is sad she cries, when she is angry she cries, etc... i wonder what she thinks now, watching the show and seeing herself crying every 5-minutes.
- then for the few minutes when mark was telling her that she was being cut she was strong and dignified and mature - - until she walked back to the other women and then she started crying again


- okay, enough with maria saying she is going to leave and then staying. either go, or keep your mouth shut and don't tell everyone you are leaving. if you have to tell someone, tell the producers in your personal interview. that way the other girls won't know when you keep changing your mind.

Science Vs. Instinct

following Age Of Love last night, nbc aired an episode of a spin-off of sorts called Science Of Love. the show took a bachelor (in this case, nfl football player adam johnson) and sent him on two dates. the first one was with a woman that he picked from 50 possible choices based on his general likes and his instinct. the second woman was picked for him by 'scientists and experts' in the field of love. also, the date with the woman he picked was set up by him, while the second date was arranged by the 'experts' in order to facilitate them falling for each other (the food, the activities, etc...).

it all sounds pretty silly, but i have to say that i found it all kind of interesting and more of an actual 'experiment' then Age Of Love with its old and young women.

personally, i would have liked more information about the science part of it and the tests that were done and such, but the show did a decent job of giving us info about why the girl was picked and why certain foods and activities were chosen as well.

in the end it all moves a bit fast, making him pick one woman after only one date with each (he chose to go with science) but it was kind of interesting. i do have a couple questions though...

1) while they say that science was trying to find the women he will want to be with for the rest of his life, the date was all manufactured to create bonding and sexual enticement in the moment. so what happens when they aren't sweating (to release pheromones) or eating aphrodisiacs, or bungee jumping (to create a shared fear/bond)?

2) also, at the end of the show host, mark consuelos, told the winning woman that she could either except adams request to spend more time together (on a nice vacation) or she could come back next week and go through the same process he went through and the scientists could find her perfect guy. now hold on there. does that make sense? how could she be his perfect match but he not be hers? so, now when all the generated love that science created for them on their date wears off will adam fall madly in love with her, but she won't feel the same about him?

Keep Looking At Her Eyes

the best part of last nights episode of Age Of Love was when our bachelor was formally introduced to the 20-somethings. first there was amanda who walked out with her bigger then a handful breasts and we hear his voice over say something to the effect of, 'the first thing i noticed was her great smile'. then there was tessa. the blond bimbo with the bigger then bigger then a handful boobs and phillippoussis telling us how it took more effort to keep looking at her eyes then it did to play many of his tennis matches.

now, i mentioned in my last post about the show that they were making all the 20-something chicks appear to be ditsy bimbos with nothing more then their good looks. i also said if after a few more episodes i was wrong i would gladly take those comments back. well i am taking them back... a little.

while a couple of the young women did seem to actually have some substance beyond their beauty, some of these girls continue to live up to their 'less then mensa' expectations. which brings us once again to tessa who fancies herself a smart girl with "good morals and good thoughts" who needs an intellectual guy. of course i understand that this is all heavily edited, and that reality tv editing can probably make stephen hawking look dumb, but i have a feeling the producers picked a few girls knowing they would be delivering those types of gems.

While we have started to see a little cattiness from the older generation, at this point (only 2 episodes in) they are by far being portrayed in a much better light then their younger competition (that 'nothing to say' silence in the hot tub moment inter cut with the older women dancing in the apartment was some great reality tv).

Giving Chicks In Their 20's A Bad Name

Age Of Love premiered last night on nbc. they have been hyping this thing as a great social experiment - giving a single 30-year-old guy (tennis "star" mark philippoussis) his pick of hot women in their 40's and hot girls in their 20's.

in the end, and of course this is based solely on seeing the first episode, this is another same-old-same-old bachelor-type dating show. there are going to be competitions and eliminations and everything you would expect.

what annoyed me the most was the girls in their 20's. they are all hot and, based on how they edited them, come across real dumb and bitchy. sure there was a little catyness starting with the older women, but all we saw of the 20-somethings was ditsy and annoying. was it that the producers couldn't find any smart and interesting hot 20-somethings?

it just felt like it was playing into the stereotype of a sexy babe in her 20's and based on that i can't see mark picking any of them in the end - sure they would be fun for as little while, but if he really is looking for something long-term then i would think he would want someone that could stimulate the head on his neck and not just the one below his waist.

yes, i am going to watch at least a couple more episodes, but the dumb 20-somethings aside, this great social experiment isn't anything new and looks to be just another regular dating reality show..... if things change farther into the show i will of course be back to post further comments about it all.

grade: C+